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The coronavirus crisis has left many companies in a worse position to prepare for Brexit than they were ahead of a possible no-deal outcome in 2019, says a new report by the Institute for ...
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Andrew Collins
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Labour is calling for the publication of the Cabinet Office report into allegations emerged that Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, had created a hostile and unprofessional work environment in the ...
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Diana Thomas
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Labour has challenged the government to take urgent action to ensure the UK remains credible on climate change ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow next year.
The COP26 summit represents ...
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Andrew Burgess
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The UK has pledged an additional £33.5 million funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide support for Palestinian refugees, the UK’s Minister for the Middle East, James ...
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Data made public today on the Energy Policy Tracker, which tracks climate- and energy-related recovery policies, shows a total commitment of at least USD 151 billion from G20 governments in ...
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A nationwide survey of 2,000 British adults has revealed a paradox that 77% believe the UK is a 'wet and rainy country', but in reality the demand for water could soon outstrip ...
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Sophie Murphy
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The government yesterday tabled an amendment that would introduce outdoor non-smoking areas to rubs, resturants and cafes. Under the Business and Planning Bill, owners will be compelled to create ...
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Andrew Collins
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Culture minister Caroline Dinenage has placed an export bar on a set of ten hand drawn maps of the defeat of the Spanish Armada valued at £600,000 plus VAT. It is hoped that a UK gallery or ...
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Sophie Murphy
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The court system in England and Wales was struggling long before COVID-19. Court closures and chronic under-funding has created a damaging backlog of cases, impacting victims disproportionately. The ...
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Estonian Special Forces deploying to Mali will be loaned four Jackal armoured vehicles by the UK Ministry of Defence, it is today announced. The deal includes a three-week training package ...
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Andrew Collins
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Larger disabled toilets will be made compulsory in new buildings in England from 2021. It is estimated that this change will impact more than 250,000 severely disabled people. These Changing Places ...
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The Nursing and Midwifery’s Council yesterday reported its largest ever annual increase of registered nursing and midwifery professionals, indicating that there are currently a record number of ...
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When a representative sample of American voters were given a detailed presentation of ten police reform proposals in current Congressional bills, large majorities favoured all of them, according to a ...
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Beauty salons, nail bars, tattoo and massage studios, physical therapy businesses and spas across England will be able to reopen safely from Monday 13 July under new government plans, announced ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
6 months ago
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No local news is bad news, especially during times of crisis.
In September 2019, Mark Thompson, former director general of the BBC and current chief executive of the New York Times, ...
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Sophie Murphy
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Public perceptions of the timing and effectiveness of the government's COVID-19 lockdown measures have been clearly splot for some time. In early March, before the restrictions were imposed, liberal ...
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Audiences adhering to social distancing will be able to return to indoor theatres, music and performance venues from 1 August, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced today.
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The Government's Recovery Advice for Business scheme, which can be found here Enterprise Nation website, was launched today. The scheme will give small firms access to free, one-to-one advice ...
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Almost three quarters of EU citizens think the European Union should set binding targets and deadlines to phase out animal testing, according to a new polling undertaken by Savanta ComRes in ...
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Multiple factors will impact the volume of global trade in the coming months but governments across the globe must reverse temporary restrictions and prohibitions to give the global economy ...
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The World Bank communicated on June 30th that it is providing a further $16.4 million to the Commonwealth of Dominica. This week, the Government Information Service ...
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Sophie Murphy
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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today delivered his Summer Economic Update in parliament, which acts as a mini-budget. This included a sweeping packs of measures to support jobs and growth, including ...
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Andrew Collins
6 months ago
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Several major international institutions involved in global research for a COVID-19 vaccine have been hit by a series of cyber attacks, according to global security agencies. The agencies did not ...
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Andrew Collins
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Maritime transport remains the only sector with no specific EU commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of the global shipping industry is not included in the Paris Agreement's ...
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Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has today announced £500 million of additional support for COVID-19 related pressures. Many councils have warned that the additional financial burden placed ...
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Andrew Collins
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Forty-nine individuals and organisations involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations and abuses in recent years have been designated for sanctions under a powerful new ...
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Sophie Murphy
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The UN Security Council yesterday met to discus the imminent environmental risk posed by the FSO SAFER oil tanker, which has 1.14 million barrels of crude oil on board. Its poor condition means it is ...
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The continuation of travel restrictions and suspension of visas and travel between Africa and Europe is heavily restraining the oil & gas industry’s recovery efforts. Because of its ...
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The Pension Schemes Bill, which will bolstering protections for savers and mandate pension schemes to adopt climate reporting - based on recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial ...
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Andrew Collins
6 months ago
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Two-thirds (66%) of business leaders globally are optimistic that the European market will make a relatively fast recovery from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ...
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Imperial College London has today released findings from the largest study to date on coronavirus infections. The research, which examined levels of infection in the general population in ...
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Sophie Murphy
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The Home Secretary has today set out plans to crack down on abuse and violence against shopworkers. The steps, which are detailed in the Home Office’s response to a call for evidence on ...
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Should wearing a mask be mandatory, or voluntary? This is the argument that's been raging over recent weeks, especially as more shops have re-opened and the UK's comparatively high COVID-19 infection ...
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In an interview for FORBES Central America, the businessman and president of Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo presented his view on the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on business, politics and ...
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Andrew Burgess
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Huawei will be completely removed from the UK’s 5G networks by the end of 2027, the government has announced. Ahead of this there will be a total ban on the purchase of any new 5G kit after 31 ...
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Five new consumer segments will emerge beyond the COVID-19 pandemic according to the third edition of the EY Future Consumer Index, a monthly survey tracking the sentiment and ...
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The global death toll from COVID-19 has now passed half a million. To slow the spread of the disease, we need to better understand why some places have higher numbers of cases and deaths than ...
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Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead
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As Britain nurses a nationwide hangover following the revelry of the “Super Saturday” weekend, which saw many pub-starved drinkers propping up the bar as early as 6am, the spotlight is, once ...
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Sophie Murphy
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Measures to boost the quality and take-up of higher technical education to support the UK’s economic recovery have been announced by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson today. This comes after a ...
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Downing Street today announced that the government is to stop publishing daily updates on the number of people tested for COVID-19. Weekly updates on these figures will continue, and the Department ...
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The Home Secretary has today began the process of proscribing Feuerkrieg Division, or 'fire war division', the far-right terror group. Once this process is complete, it will become a criminal offence ...
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Sajid Javid MP, the former Chancellor, has joined forces with the Centre for Policy Studies - the leading centre-right think tank - to set out a series of recommendations to Government on how to ...
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With less than six months until the UK leaves European regional development funding schemes, the UK government has yet to confirm details of its proposed replacement: the Shared Prosperity Fund. A ...
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Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, countries and companies around the world will be unable to fulfil their pledges to bring their carbon emissions down to net-zero in the coming ...
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Andrew Collins
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Further to the government's historic manifesto commitments to consult on tougher sentences for those convicted of assaulting emergency workers, and in the context of several high profile assaults ...
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The ongoing COVID-19 crisis poses a real threat to the UK higher education sector. As lectures, seminars and exams have moved online, universities have had to make significant financial investments ...
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Andrew Burgess
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Robert Jendrick, Housing and Communities Secretary, today announced changes to the planning system to make it temporarily more difficult to demolish or repurpose theatres, concert halls and live ...
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Former Disney child actor and Bitcoin millionaire Brock Pierce announced his bid for the US presidency over the weekend as an independent.
After appearing in commercials as a toddler and later ...
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The Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decisions yesterday in two cases concerning oversight, presidential immunity, and the balance of powers. Both cases address whether subpoenas seeking ...
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Most people in Britain are relatively liberal, in a traditional sense. The vast majority of people think that anyone should be able to express themselves however they want and, so long as they do not ...
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